Somalia

A militant group associated with Daesh in Syria and Iraq has started levying taxes on businesses in Somalia, Garowe Online reported yesterday. “The traders and businesses in Bosaso city continue to work in fear after being asked huge sums of money by Islamic State branch in...

 By: Staff writer Somaliland has expressed "deep concerns" over the United Nations Security Council's decision to lift the arms embargo on Somalia, citing significant risks to regional security The following statement was issued today...

Horndiplomat-Statement of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-general for Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, to the UN Security Council on 3 january 2019- Following is the Statement : Thank you Mr. President, I arrived in Somalia on 3 October and have been well received by prominent officials...

Sahro Abdikadir Arte shuffles through a mound of papers as she prepares for a morning meeting with her team of instructors ahead of another teaching session for street children. For the past 17 months, Sahro and her team of instructors have been running a programme...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has appointed the members of the Board of Directors of Somalia's Disaster Management Agency (SODMA) after the country's cabinet approved its reactivation in their first meeting on...

Islamist groups have been responsible for murdering a large number of journalists over the past decade without their killers being brought to justice. Those murders feature prominently in the latest edition of the global impunity index compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). It...

By: SONNA Somalia Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of the Federal Government, Daud Aweis Jama on Monday welcomed Catriona Laing, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia after landing at Aden Abdulle International Airport.

Horndiplomat-The Explosion Targets to Somali Government Soldiers in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne Killed 2 and Other 7 Wounded. Horndiplomat Reports Somali police Shade-Centre near the textile shopping complex in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne suburb today targeted land-Mine BLAST , Two soldiers were killed and seven others wounded . Meanwhile The Somali security...

By: TRT WORLD Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken by phone with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud of Somalia, where discussions encompassed the bilateral relations between Türkiye and Somalia, counterterrorism efforts, and global and regional issues.

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent Somalia's presidential palace's official Instagram page was hacked. The hacker posted a video of journalist Mohamud Mohamed Dahir, AKA Mohamud Carab, criticizing Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's role in the outgoing...